Holmes Bros. v. Deer

Citations

• 110 Miss. 651
• 70 So. 826

Syllabus

<p>Witness. • Examination. Cross-examination.</p> <p>A defendant has a right during the trial to withdraw his plea of the statute of limitations by so stating when upon the witness stand, however this is a personal right .which may be exercised voluntarily by a defendant, and until exercised it is presumed that he wished to claim the advantage of this plea, and plaintiff has no right upon cross-examinations to attempt to persuade him to withdraw it.</p>